Pacific futures? Geography and change in the Pacific islands
Changement global ; Changement social ; Dégradation de l'environnement ; Géographie politique ; Géopolitique ; Ile ; Pacifique ; Pression démographique ; Souveraineté
Environmental degradation ; Geopolitics ; Global change ; Island ; Pacific Region ; Political geography ; Population pressure ; Social change ; Sovereignty
Although major problems may eventuate from global climatic change, the A. argues that the range, magnitude and uncertainty of other mainly social and economic processes is such that simple prediction is impossible. A more wide ranging geographical
Changement social ; Concept ; Dégradation de l'environnement ; Développement ; Développement durable ; Ecologie humaine ; Environnement ; Gestion des ressources ; Restructuration économique
Concept ; Development ; Economic restructuring ; Environment ; Environmental degradation ; Human ecology ; Resource management ; Social change ; Sustainable development
to economic development. Some changes must be made, in the way ecological factors are integrated into economic decision making. The emergence of environmental change has a force in international relations.
Atmospheric circulation ; Climatology ; Cold front ; Cyclone ; Forecast ; Global change ; Mesoclimate ; Model ; New Zealand ; Pollution ; Topoclimate ; Urban climate
into modelling and prediction of climate change is likely, and the case for a more integrated geography, one which could fruitfully address qestions relating to environmental inputs and societal adjustments which are currently neglected by physical geography
This paper is a personal perspective on how New Zealand appears to have changed in its approach to environmental management in the twenty years since 1970.
Through a series of five years plans, the economy has greatly expanded. The A. highlights the consequences of these economic changes to the Malaysian environment, summarises measures taken by government to reduce consequential environmental problems
Changes in the spread of these disease-causing viruses are examined. The impact of reduced travel times between several areas on the transfer of infectious human diseases is highlighted. The consequences of increasing population size and decreasing